Sumayya Vally
Digital collage and a forensic approach to space expose Sumayya’s particular obsession with deconstructing and reconstructing image and space. Whether unpacking the city through a microscope, or satellite imagery, Sumayya has a particular interest in exposing the parts of its constituency which are largely invisible. Her interests have admitted her into a host of prominent conceptual and investigatory projects,including a position as assistant curator and film producer for La Biennale di Venezia 2014 (South African Pavilion). In 2015, she co-founded the experimental architecture and research firm, Counterspace. She currently teaches design at the University of Johannesburg as Unit Leader of Unit 12, An African Almanac, at the Graduate School of Architecture, Johannesburg.